This film is the first
film that truly brought Wes Craven success. After the success of
Halloween and Friday the 13th, Wes Craven brought out a new idea to the
slasher film genre. An evil that not only comes to you in your
dreams but kills you in your dreams. Freddy Krueger, the villain, in
this film played by Robert Englund is a great add on to the horror genre
and sets this franchise up for many sequels. None of the sequels
have come close to surpassing the first but all are worthy of being in the
franchise. Krueger stalks his victims in this film during their
dreams and for the first time a horror film is brought to us that makes it
hard to fall asleep at night because in the film when you fall asleep you
die. This is the first film where a boogey man talks so that adds to
the scary nature of the villain. Johnny Depp also makes his acting
debute in this film. I give this movie 4 out of 5 stars for starting
a new trend that would continue well into the modern age.